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MAP #: 363D6
CARTOGRAPHER : THE WEEKLY DISPATCH [PUBLISHER]
DATE: 1863
SHORT TITLE : SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA, &c.
SHEET 2.
REMAINING TITLE & ID : (IN BLOCK LETTERS ABOVE TOP NEAT
LINE). THE SYMBOL OF "THE DISPATCH ATLAS" (TOP OF A GLOBE WITH THE
NAME AND AN UNFURLED BANNER AROUND THE GLOBE, TO RIGHT AND LEFT OF
THE TITLE). "WEEKLY DISPATCH, 139 FLEET ST." (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN).
"E. WELLER, LITH. RED LION SQUARE." (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALE
OF 20 STATUTE MILES (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). MAP EXTENDS THROUGH
NEAT LINE AT THE BOTTOM, SOUTH OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. THE REVERSE
SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP BORDER) AND FROM
WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1863
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : THE WEEKLY DISPATCH
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 45.5 X 31.0 CM. (BETWEEN THE
NEAT LINES)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 400,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-566
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B015-DUU
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE
MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CIVIL WAR MAP (4)
: VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 3
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON & GREENWICH (8)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 363D5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS THE
MAP.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS SHEET TWO OF THREE
DEPICTING THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND THAT APPEARS IN
THE DISPATCH ATLAS, LONDON: THE WEEKLY DISPATCH, 1863. THE
MAP EXTENDS FROM JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND LINE TO
SOUTH OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, INCLUDING ALLEGHANY AND PART OF
WASHINGTON COUNTIES, MARYLAND. CITIES, TOWNS, MOUNTAINS, ROADS,
CANALS, RIVERS, AND RAILROADS ARE SHOWN. THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS
IN SOME TOWNS IS SHOWN SCHEMATICALLY.
EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY A SINGLE EDITION OF THIS
ATLAS IS CITED BY PHILLIPS. IT IS LIKELY THAT ONLY A SINGLE
EDITION AND STATE OF THIS MAP WAS PUBLISHED.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
A GOOD COPY WITH STATE BOUNDARIES, WHERE SHOWN, IN OUTLINE
COLORING, WITH AN ACQ. # OF B015-DUU AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-
566.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST
OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM:
THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD, A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS PUBLICATION, # 839, MAP # 223.
January 28, 1992
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